The recent decision of the Eugene Oregon City Council to be the first in Oregon to ban natural gas hookups for new construction was surely made with the best of intentions. The three women and two men on the council who voted for the ban thought that they were leading a righteous crusade against fossil […]
If you have followed my commentaries over the last six years, you are well aware of the climate scam. But most Americans are not. True, they seem to realize that “Global Warming” has little basis in fact. Only one percent believe that we are facing a climate catastrophe, while only three percent of the young […]
Northwest Natural gas company has a BIG PROBLEM. They are trying to sell fossil fuel in an area that strongly disapproves of fossil fuels. Yet we are heavily dependent on fossil fuels, because they provide a high quality of life at very reasonable prices (or once reasonable prices). What is Northwest Natural to do when […]
Children are very vulnerable, because of limited life experience. They inherently trust their parents, teachers, and other adults who may not live up to that trust. And their desire to be accepted by others is too often an invitation to risky behavior, involving alcohol, drugs, sex, radical ideas, and fear. In a word, they are […]
With the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic waning somewhat in the USA and locally here in Oregon, as people become more careful about spreading it, we are close to the point where we should talk about ‘lessons learned.’ That is the process of 20/20 hindsight, where we look back at what was done and not done that […]
Gullible people, millions of them, have been deceived into thinking that global warming is bad. It isn’t. This is a lesson worth learning as we pass another Earth Day. Earth Day was notable this year for Michael Moore’s unexpected documentary, in which he excoriates his fellow eco-fascists for their love affair with resource-destroying wind turbines […]
When I was a small boy in Sweden many years ago, the Swedes were emphatic. At movie theaters where American Westerns were being shown, signs proclaimed “Barn Förbjudna” or “Children Forbidden.” That was the first Swedish I learned. The Swedes were trying to protect me from the very mild violence in American Westerns of that […]
The short answer is “NO!” But the longer answer is “Nonsense! Carbon dioxide is essential for life on this planet, important in many industrial applications, and not producing the warming that has been predicted.” Of course, you will never see that explained in the constant climate propaganda, featuring photos of giant smokestacks spewing smoke or […]
Of all the creatures on this planet, only one is capable of significant abstract reasoning. Yet, all too frequently, he surrenders his intellectual capabilities to his animal instincts. Our ability to reason gives us capabilities to understand and adapt to the world around us. We live better and happier lives as a consequence. But in […]
Efforts to block and sabotage pipelines hurt jobs, economic growth, middle class, human safety The radical environmentalist war on fossil fuels has opened a new front: a war on pipelines. For years, activist zealots claimed the world was rapidly depleting its oil and natural gas supplies.
